făcŭla, ae, f. dim. [fax],
I a little torch , a splinter used as a torch , Cato R. R. 37, 3; Varr. L. L. 5, § 137 Müll.; Prop. 2, 29, 5 (3, 27, 5 M.); Cinc. ap. Gell. 16, 4, 2.—*
II Trop.: nequidquam tibi Fortuna faculam adlucere volt, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; Vulg. Apoc. 8, 10.